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Due to the popularity of step by step guide for submitting EOI and members' request, here I am trying to summarize the procedure for submitting your visa application once your EOI gets invitation.
Once you get invitation for your EOI, you need to accept that EOI before proceeding for visa application. Once you accept, you will be presented with a link for visa application. Before you accept anything, keep in mind the below points:
Basic Details:
This section is actually mostly self explanatory. Give extra care while filling up the Passport details section. Other names/spellings are if you have changed your name in the past. You need to inform any old name you possessed and the reason of change. You will require to upload the documents as evidence of name change later, in most of the case which include an affidavit and declaration in the form of newspaper advertisement. The first question in Citizenship section ("Is the applicant a citizen of the country of Passport") may seem odd, but there is actually cases where the answer is No. Other passports section asks you whether you have any other current passport (e.g. dual citizenship), this does not ask about any old expired passport. For National identity documents, recommended action is to give both birth certificate and national identity information if possible, where the former is more important.
If you want to include any other person in your application (can be your partner, children or any dependent person), select Yes in Migrating family members question ("Are there any migrating family members included in this application?"). While adding partner/children is pretty straight forward, adding any other dependent will require you to prove their dependence on you (in later stage). You have to pay for them and they will be required to pass health and security clearance (mandatory) as well as minimum English requirements (optional unless you want to pay extra fees). All the members you have added here will be granted a visa at the same time as you'll.
The usual country of residence in Country of residence section is where you are currently living (a short trip/temporary stay does not count). You will be required to update this information if you change your address anytime in future. Authorized recipient is if you nominate someone to handle your visa application on your behalf (e.g. an agent), so the department will communicate with them for any requirements/clarification in any stage of the whole process.
Non-migrating dependent family members is for any dependent member of your family who are not included in your application. You can apply for their immigration as your dependent anytime in future (again, you will be required to provide evidence). However, if you select Yes in this section, you will be required to submit their health examination & PCC with your application no matter you have any plan for them in near future or not.
Intended state of residence is the Australian state you want to move initially. This is no restriction, and there is absolutely no bindings to follow this. Just put whatever you think most appropriate at the time you submit your application. In future, you can just go to any state you want.
Put details of your assessment result in Skills assessment details section. If you claimed points for your partner's skill in your EOI, you need to give information here, otherwise a plain No.
Education:
You need to provide all your educational history from secondary level. Qualification means the class of your degree (e.g. Bachelor Degree in Science, Business or Technology if you have completed your B.Sc in engineering), Course name is your major/certificate name (e.g. Computer Science/HSC/A-Level). For qualifications in secondary level, if you sent your secondary certificates during your assessment, you should choose Qualification = Other qualification or award recognized by assessing authority. The Date from and Date to should match with your certificate, where it is not mentioned, put a good approximation. And Highest recognised qualification obtained is the highest level of Qualification you have put in this section.
Regional Australian study and Credentialled community language sections are self explanatory. For help, visit regional Australia or a low population growth metropolitan area and credential community language pages.
You have to fill this part for all the applicants.
Employment:
All questions are self explanatory, record all jobs you have had in past 10 years. Be brief in Description of duties, no need to write an essay. You must have known by the time that when they ask Overseas Employment, they mean outside Australia, not outside your native country. Don't take stress at this stage because you can later change any information you put here by mistake or misunderstanding the question by emailing to your case officer (one case officer will be assigned to you after you submit your application). Also this information has to be filled up for each applicant included in your application,
Language:
You need to fill up your native language and English test result in this section for all the applicants. If any applicant above 18 years is unable to meet English requirements, you have to pay extra fee for them. You can find the the level for Language ability here.
Others:
You need to list down all the countries (other than the usual country of residence you mentioned in previous step) you and other applicants lived in past. For each country, you need to put the last address you had (so if you lived 3 places in a country, just put the last one). The short trip (e.g. vacations) should not be included.
At last there are some Declarations you must made/agree before you proceed to last stage. In this stage you need to pay the fee and submit the application.
Once you submit your application, you can start uploading the supporting documents (pretty much any thing you can provide to support everything you mentioned above). You can also just wait for your case officer to be assigned (which can take few weeks) and asks for the documentation (he will provide a check list and a deadline to submit). If you feel you need more time, you can always ask for extension of deadline with proper reasoning. Normally they always approve without any hassle.
For health requirements and police clearance, I always recommend to wait until they ask for those. The reason is sometimes the process takes much time and those documents have some validity period. So you might end up doing those again in case they expires by the time you are asked to provide.
So, that's all for now, good luck with your application. This process might change anytime, and because I don't have access to that application form (one can access that only by invitation), it might be outdated for some section. If anybody can find any such section or any new addition, please reply to this thread with updated information, I'll then update this post with proper credit.
Cheers.
Once you get invitation for your EOI, you need to accept that EOI before proceeding for visa application. Once you accept, you will be presented with a link for visa application. Before you accept anything, keep in mind the below points:
- You will have 60 days to accept the EOI invitation: You can accept anytime within 60 days. Once you are invited, your invitation will never be revoked within this period, so don't be panicked and rush into next steps, rather take it easy (you have waited so long, so extra few days will not cause any apocalypse).
- Once you accept, you are bound to prove all your points: So if you have claimed extra points in your EOI, by mistake or whatever, it's still not too late to correct this - just ignore the invitation (the invitation will expire in 60 days). Yes your process will be delayed and you need to wait for another invitation, but that is better than forfeiting visa fees (minimum $3600 for a person, as of today) and possibility of subsequent ban for multiple years.
- Don't be over-cautions, accept it within 60 days: I heard people who missed the email and failed to meet the deadline. Pretty sure the league of such people is trivial, but just don't join that league !
Basic Details:
This section is actually mostly self explanatory. Give extra care while filling up the Passport details section. Other names/spellings are if you have changed your name in the past. You need to inform any old name you possessed and the reason of change. You will require to upload the documents as evidence of name change later, in most of the case which include an affidavit and declaration in the form of newspaper advertisement. The first question in Citizenship section ("Is the applicant a citizen of the country of Passport") may seem odd, but there is actually cases where the answer is No. Other passports section asks you whether you have any other current passport (e.g. dual citizenship), this does not ask about any old expired passport. For National identity documents, recommended action is to give both birth certificate and national identity information if possible, where the former is more important.
If you want to include any other person in your application (can be your partner, children or any dependent person), select Yes in Migrating family members question ("Are there any migrating family members included in this application?"). While adding partner/children is pretty straight forward, adding any other dependent will require you to prove their dependence on you (in later stage). You have to pay for them and they will be required to pass health and security clearance (mandatory) as well as minimum English requirements (optional unless you want to pay extra fees). All the members you have added here will be granted a visa at the same time as you'll.
The usual country of residence in Country of residence section is where you are currently living (a short trip/temporary stay does not count). You will be required to update this information if you change your address anytime in future. Authorized recipient is if you nominate someone to handle your visa application on your behalf (e.g. an agent), so the department will communicate with them for any requirements/clarification in any stage of the whole process.
Non-migrating dependent family members is for any dependent member of your family who are not included in your application. You can apply for their immigration as your dependent anytime in future (again, you will be required to provide evidence). However, if you select Yes in this section, you will be required to submit their health examination & PCC with your application no matter you have any plan for them in near future or not.
Intended state of residence is the Australian state you want to move initially. This is no restriction, and there is absolutely no bindings to follow this. Just put whatever you think most appropriate at the time you submit your application. In future, you can just go to any state you want.
Put details of your assessment result in Skills assessment details section. If you claimed points for your partner's skill in your EOI, you need to give information here, otherwise a plain No.
Education:
You need to provide all your educational history from secondary level. Qualification means the class of your degree (e.g. Bachelor Degree in Science, Business or Technology if you have completed your B.Sc in engineering), Course name is your major/certificate name (e.g. Computer Science/HSC/A-Level). For qualifications in secondary level, if you sent your secondary certificates during your assessment, you should choose Qualification = Other qualification or award recognized by assessing authority. The Date from and Date to should match with your certificate, where it is not mentioned, put a good approximation. And Highest recognised qualification obtained is the highest level of Qualification you have put in this section.
Regional Australian study and Credentialled community language sections are self explanatory. For help, visit regional Australia or a low population growth metropolitan area and credential community language pages.
You have to fill this part for all the applicants.
Employment:
All questions are self explanatory, record all jobs you have had in past 10 years. Be brief in Description of duties, no need to write an essay. You must have known by the time that when they ask Overseas Employment, they mean outside Australia, not outside your native country. Don't take stress at this stage because you can later change any information you put here by mistake or misunderstanding the question by emailing to your case officer (one case officer will be assigned to you after you submit your application). Also this information has to be filled up for each applicant included in your application,
Language:
You need to fill up your native language and English test result in this section for all the applicants. If any applicant above 18 years is unable to meet English requirements, you have to pay extra fee for them. You can find the the level for Language ability here.
Others:
You need to list down all the countries (other than the usual country of residence you mentioned in previous step) you and other applicants lived in past. For each country, you need to put the last address you had (so if you lived 3 places in a country, just put the last one). The short trip (e.g. vacations) should not be included.
At last there are some Declarations you must made/agree before you proceed to last stage. In this stage you need to pay the fee and submit the application.
Once you submit your application, you can start uploading the supporting documents (pretty much any thing you can provide to support everything you mentioned above). You can also just wait for your case officer to be assigned (which can take few weeks) and asks for the documentation (he will provide a check list and a deadline to submit). If you feel you need more time, you can always ask for extension of deadline with proper reasoning. Normally they always approve without any hassle.
For health requirements and police clearance, I always recommend to wait until they ask for those. The reason is sometimes the process takes much time and those documents have some validity period. So you might end up doing those again in case they expires by the time you are asked to provide.
So, that's all for now, good luck with your application. This process might change anytime, and because I don't have access to that application form (one can access that only by invitation), it might be outdated for some section. If anybody can find any such section or any new addition, please reply to this thread with updated information, I'll then update this post with proper credit.
Cheers.